Vapor-burner



J; B. WALLACE & ZQDAVIS.

Vapor-Burner.

No. 223,966. Patented 1an. 27, 1880.,

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JACOB B. WALLACE AND ZEBULON DAVIS, OF CANTON, OHIO.

VVAPOR-BURNER.

y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,966, dated January 27, 188.0. l Application led September 22, 1879. 1

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, J. BfWALLAOE and ZEBULoN DAvIs, of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in VaporBurners for Street-Lamps, of which the following is a speciiication.

Our invention consists in the Iuse of a subsidiary jet-tube, which extends from the bottom of the reservoir to the burner, and which is provided with a trap to catch any water which may get into the reservoir, and by means ot'which subsidiary jet-tube the burner may be lighted by a match, the same as coal-gas street-lamps are now lighted.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective of our invention complete. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same.

A represents the oil-reservoir, which is attached to the burner C by means of the usual feed-pipe B, and any one or all three of these parts may he of any construction desired. The

`upper end of this 'pipe B is fitted with a nipple, O, which passes up through the bottom of the reservoir and extends a suitable distance above. its bottom 5 or theupper end of the pipe itself may be passed up through the reservoir. The nipple or end Vof the pipe is thus made to extend up above the bottom of the reservoir, so that the Water which may get into the reservoir will sink to the bottom below the top of this pipe, and thus not run into it and extinguish the dblaze. Other means may be resgnted to for accomplishing this same purposeY-such as forminga small funnel-shaped chamlenunder the 4bottom. ot; the.

reservoir to catch the water 5 but the present plan is preferred, as it requires no altera-tion in any of the parts and is cheaper. Also extending downward from the bottom of the reservoir is the pipe D, which is preferably made much smaller than the pipe B, and which has its upper end flush with or lower than the bottom of the reservoir, so that the water and sediment, when any exists in the reservoir, may be drawn oft', and so that a constant supply of oil may be fed through the pipeD `to keep an auxiliary flame burning, so as to vathe burner by means of the stop-cock in the pipe B. The outer end of this pipe V is provided with the nozzle F, which is bored out at each end, so as to leave a thin Wall, S, through which is made the small hole P, and through the side of the nozzle, between this wall and the end R, aremade the small holes I. Through these holes I is drawn the air, which, mingling with the vapor or oil, causes the jet to burn without smoking at R, and vaporizes the oil in the inclined part of pipe B just above it. Inclosing this jet is the shield M, which protects it from storms of all kinds and prevents it from being extinguished.

When the trap E is placed in the pipe B the water accumulates in it until it suddenly rises and floods the burner and extingnishes the light. This makes it absolutely necessary that the trap should not be connected with the main pipe it' it is desired to have an absolutely sure light lat all times.

By placing the trap in the subsidiary jetpipe, as shown, the water may accumulate in it until it fills the trap and pipe V, so that when an attempt is made to light the jet the water will run out at R. When. the lamplighter attempts to licht the jet and it does not light at once he knows that the water has filled the trap, and he opens the vent E and drains the trap out. In this manner the water always gives notice of its presence without doing any harm, whereas in the other case it only manifests itself by extinguishing the light.

Having thus described our invention, we claiml. In a vaporburner, the combination of a reservoir, a burner, a main supply-pipe, and a separate pipe for supplying a subsidiary jet, the jet-pipe being provided wit-h a trap, E, sub stantially as shown.

2. The combination 'of a reservoir, A, main have hereunto set our hands in presence of' two supply-pipe B,hzwing its upper end extending Witnesses. above the bottom of the reservoir, jet-pipe D, having its upper end level with or below the 5 bottom of the reservoir, trap E in the jet-pipe7 and burner G, the parts being arranged to op- Witnesses: erate substantially as showin ABNER MCKINLEY,

ln testimony that We claim the foregoing we ALLEN CARNES.

JACOB B. WALLACE. ZEBULON DAVIS. 

